Lt. Falcon

Falcon
G.I. Joe character
Lieutenant. Falcon as seen in G.I. Joe: The Movie.
First appearance	1987
Voiced by	Don Johnson (Movie) Scott McNeil (DiC) Scott Menville (Renegades)
Affiliation	G.I. Joe
Specialty	Green Beret
File name	Falcone, Vincent R.
Birth place	Fayetteville, NC
SN	035-38-2264
Rank	O-2 (1st Lieutenant)
Primary MOS	Infantry
Secondary MOS	Medic
Subgroups	Night Force Super Sonic Fighters

Falcon (also known as Lieutenant Falcon) is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a green beret with the G.I. Joe Team and debuted in 1987.

His real name is Vincent Falcone, and his rank is that of 1st Lieutenant O-2. Falcon was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

As a Green Beret, his primary function is special operations. His father was also a Green Beret, who served with the 10th SFGA (Special Forces Group Airborne), making Falcon a second generation Green Beret. Falcon briefly served with the 5th SFGA's Blue Light counter-terrorist unit as an "A" Team executive officer. He has been cross-trained in demolitions, and is fluent in Spanish, French, Arabic, and Swahili. Falcon is also an expert with most NATO and Warsaw pact small arms. Falcon has an overwhelming friendliness, and can usually sway even the strongest isolationist into joining the fight. This excessive personality often leads to friction with his commanding officers.

In the G.I. Joe animated continuity, Falcon is established to be the younger half brother of Duke (the characters are unrelated in the comics). This relation serves as one of the main focuses in G.I. Joe: The Movie, in which Falcon's irresponsible behavior causes Serpentor to escape captivity, which results in a hostility between himself and Duke when Duke is forced to use his influence to bail Falcon out of trouble.

Falcon was first released as an action figure in 1987. It sports the familiar green beret headgear, and olive green fatigues with tiger stripes, and is armed with shotgun, knife, backpack and antenna. Two more versions came out, both made from repaints of the same original mold. The second is a Toys 'R' Us exclusive released in 1988, where he was renamed Lt. Falcon and packaged in a "Night Force" two-pack with Sneak Peek. It sports a black beret, black top fatigue with grey sleeves, brown pants and black boots. The third version was released in 1991, as part of the Super Sonic Fighters subset of the toyline. It sports a green beret again, and the fatigues have an urban design. The action figure carries a portable helicopter backpack that can emit four different sounds.